Authors:Thomas R. Guskey, Ms. Jane M. Bailey,
Publisher: Corwin Press
Keywords: experts, assessment, series, learning, student, grading, reporting, systems, developing
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2000-10-17
List price: $33.95
ISBN-10: 080396854X
ISBN-13: 9780803968547
This work brings organization and clarity to understanding and implementing best practices in grading and reporting systems.
Authors:Stephen R. Barley, Gideon Kunda,
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: experts, knowledge, economy, itinerant, bodies, hired, guns, warm, gurus
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2004-07-26
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0691119430
ISBN-13: 9780691119434
Over the last several decades, employers have increasingly replaced permanent employees with temporary workers and independent contractors to cut labor costs and enhance flexibility. Although commentators have focused largely on low-wage temporary work, the use of skilled contractors has also grown exponentially, especially in high-technology areas. Yet almost nothing is known about contracting or about the people who do it. This book seeks to break the silence.Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies tells the story of how the market for temporary professionals operates from the perspective of the
Author: Zack Hample
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: experts, semi, deeply, serious, geeks, beginners, guide, baseball, smarter, professional, fan, watching
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-03-27
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0307280322
ISBN-13: 9780307280329
Whether you’re a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or teaching game to a beginner, Watching Baseball Smarter leaves no territory uncovered. In this smart and funny fan’s guide Hample explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will surprise even the most informed viewers of our national pastime.What is the difference between a slider and a curveball?At which stadium did “The Wave” first make an appearance? How do some hitters use iPods to improve their skills?Which positions are never p
Author: M.S. Gary Scheiner M.S.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Keywords: experts, used, marlowe, diabetes, library, techniques, tools, accurate, guide, carb, counting, featuring, ultimate
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-12-11
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1569242747
ISBN-13: 9781569242742
Whether you’re following a diet plan that requires carb-counting, you have diabetes, or simply because you are conscious of the quantity of carbs you consume, The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting is the all-in-one resource for practically and effectively managing your carb intake. Certified diabetes educator, type 1 diabetic, and Think Like a Pancreas author Gary Scheiner focuses on carb counting in a real-world context, and his explanations and advice--in addition to being complete and thoroughly accurate--are geared towards the most common foods and eating h
Author: Juliette Fairley
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: money, experts, finance, black, talks
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2000-05-29
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0471383988
ISBN-13: 9780471383987
Black America’s Financial Elite Tell You How the Money Machine Works-and How to Increase Your Personal Wealth "Investment books tend to be as dry as the Sahara at high noon, but Money Talks is a stellar exception. Fairley has compiled a book full of practical tips . . . a guided tour through the labyrinth of finance with some of the most savvy money people in America. The chance to take that journey is well worth the price of admission."-Ellis Cose, author, The Rage of a Privileged Class and Color-Blind "All Americans will cherish this literary work which captures the thoughts and deeds
Authors:Mark Earls, Merry Baskin,
Publisher: Kogan Page
Keywords: brand, experts, life, thinking, new, brought
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 2003-01-15
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0749436786
ISBN-13: 9780749436780
The way the advertising industry operates has changed vastly in the last 15 years. Innovative and groundbreaking ways of thinking about branding are constantly developing, and due to the sheer volume of material published on the subject, it is almost impossible to keep up with all the latest important ideas available online, in journals, in books and at conferences. "Brand New Brand Thinking" is for all those who feels they are missing out on the latest branding debates on theory and best practice. A follow-up to the seminal Account Planning Group branding bestseller "Understanding Brands,"
Author: The Baseball Prospectus Team of Experts Jona
Publisher: Basic Book
Keywords: wrong, game, everything, numbers, baseball
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2007-03-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0465005470
ISBN-13: 9780465005475
For baseball fans young, old, and in between, the ultimate guide to the new statistical thinking that’s revolutionizing the game. The revolution in baseball statistics that began in the 1970s is a controversial subject that professionals and fans alike argue over without end. Despite this fundamental change in the way we watch and understand the sport, until now no one had written the book that reveals, across every area of strategy and management, how the best practitioners of statistical analysis in baseball think about numbers and the game. Baseball Between the Numbers is that book.
